SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 6

SWIMMING.

• DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS. | WORLD'S RECORDS: LOWERED. .!;! (By Telccranh.—Press Association.! v Auckland, February 19. The first day's , racing of tho/N©w. Zealand. Amateur Swimming Championships meeting provided some sensational. contests. The' weather was ideal; the bright sunshine being tempered by a cool wind which, did not affect swimmers in thebasin of : the' dock. The 220 Yards Championship gave the crowd the first of a series of sensational ances, Healy" arid 'Freyberg- finishing in a line, each under New Zealand cord " time. Atlciiison ' also' created , a sensation," by winning the 220 yards breast stroke . championship i in world's . record time, clipping 3 3-ssec. off P. Matson's time of 3min. 14sec. Healy. won the 880 yards; championship in New Zealand record time. ' Champion started,- but when leadirig ; o'n equal terms with Healy ricked himself in arid, gave up at 480 yards. .'/The results are as follow:—

,'! '220 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. • First heat: M. E.: Champion . (Auckland), 1; B. Cj Freyberg- (Wellington), 2; ■G. Seymour... (Napier), 3. Also started: E. H. > Bailey . (Canterbury). Champion ,won by IJ'yards,. Seymour's-yards away third.■" Bailey did not finish. Time, 2min. 47 l-ssec. ■ ■■: ■

'-. Second; heat : ,R. Healy (Wellington), 1; F.'E. Dodge.(Canterbury), 2; C. Wilson: (Auckland), 3. Also started:. J. Grant (Hiiwera), R. Bull (Auckland), and C. I).' Campbell (Wanganui). Wilson led over the first "150 yards,: but. was then caught bv Healy and Dodge, the formerwinning'by a foot, while the latter was 'a yard .'ill front-of. Wilson.' Time, 2min. 45 2-sscc. ' v -.

', Final heat-. Seymour , was left : at the start. At 50 yards Freyberg and Champion'were. a',yard,in front 6f,;.Healy, and Champion' was in the lead ,at 75 yards, while at the 100 yards he turned a yard to the good, Healy. being' his next attendant.; ' The time for :(this portion -of the-distance.was-GGsec. Healy gained at ■ the turn, and at 150,' yards was even with: Champion, while If yards :behind Freyberg: was putting "in a' spurt. At 200 yards Champion led Healy and Freyberg by, a, yard. The last two then made a great effort to reach the leader,, but failed, Chnmpion winning by a foot from Healy, while Fi-eyberg; was about' IJ. yards bo-, hind: the winner.',' It was a: great finish', and -raided ' the crowd' to. ; intehso ■ enthusiasm,'which was heightened .when the official, announced that, the. time : ; (2min. . 40sec.) ihad broken! the, New Zealand record." "Dodge, who was -fourth, missed, standard time by 3-ssec.

220 YARDS BREAST STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP.

■C. Atkinson (Canterbury),,!; .M. Fookson (Canterbury), 2;-,, W. -B. Jerrom :(AucWand)h3.. Also started": F. Truscott (Caiii-.-rbury), A. M. .Russell (Canter- : bury), and W. U.. Hortpn (Auckland). After;a 'false .start,- through ' the .gun missing .fire,'' a,good send-off was effected. Atkinson went to' .the-front at once, and at the turn at 100 - yards. was 10 yards ahead' of : Russell, who was half a yard ahead of'Jerrom: and Truscott.". Horton retired at 110 yards, and. Atkinson came along in; fine style.; andwon : by, 20 yards •from'Cpokson, '.who was's yards ahead' of. Jerrom.'.;,.-.Truscott, -, was': just, beaten, for third place. The . time (3min. 10 ' •is a world's - record, beating that made by P. - Matson, of,- West Australia " (3min, 14sec!). .; /" -

B§o YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. , ' R.' Healy (Wellington), 1; F. E. Dodge (Canterbury); 2; C. H. Rich (Canterbury), 3."i Also started:'..Grant'(Hawera), 'Manhire (Canterbury), C. Wilson (Auckland), F.-; J. Kernot' and' Champion (Auckland). Champion 4 of ; .the. start, and Healy led' by i "one .yard "it' the end of 100 -yards, which was. done in 71sec. Champion-then caught and passed Healy, but lost at. ,the; turn, and. .both ,w;ere! together, at' yards, which was covered in 2min. ;49sec. ; The leaders 6wasi in' company to' 440 yards, ' the ; time being smin.: 58«ec. At' 480 yards a sensation was caused'by "Champion,' who'. was'swihK lbvel. OTth 'Healy, "giving, 'up the: race. He' had. ricked, himself in turning, and Healy' went on alone, .beating Dodge by 25' yards. Rich, s'yards'.away, was third. Then .came , Wilson,: Grant, and' Kernot, with Mauhiro, last.The time (12niin. 41 3-ssec.) br6kft!the,New, Zealand record of 12min., «.-.2-Ssec.; held!by R. Healy.

50 YARDS SCRATCH.RACE. ' .The 50: yards scratch race : was won by Marett, of Auckland,.- with Emerson,, of Nelson, f-ccond. Time, 27 l-ssec. ~,;.. . SWIFTS CLUB, .-The mild -handicap raced annually under the -auspices of the Swifts Amateur Swimming ,Club was decided..at)the: To Aro Baths on Saturday afternoon, and . resulted;in a win for K.; D. Russell,: smin. 50sec., with. W. G., 4min. lOsec., ■second; and S. Murrell, lOsec.,.third. Tho time was 34min. 36sec. ; •